Williams College
Average grade awarded, academic year.
"Grading policy is not
something the CEP (Committee on Educational Policy) has thought about this
year," said Sam Weinreich '09, CEP member.
"In general, I don't get the sense that students are particularly
dissatisfied with the status quo."
|
1953
|
2.53
|
|
1954
|
2.53
|
|
1955
|
2.52
|
|
1956
|
2.57
|
|
1957
|
2.58
|
|
1958
|
2.61
|
|
1959
|
2.66
|
|
1960
|
2.67
|
|
1961
|
2.67
|
|
1962
|
2.68
|
|
1963
|
2.72
|
|
1964
|
2.69
|
|
1965
|
2.70
|
|
1966
|
2.71
|
|
1967
|
2.75
|
|
1968
|
2.78
|
|
1969
|
2.92
|
|
1970
|
2.92
|
|
1971
|
2.96
|
|
1972
|
2.97
|
|
1973
|
3.04
|
|
1974
|
3.09
|
|
1975
|
3.09
|
|
1976
|
3.10
|
|
1977
|
3.11
|
|
1978
|
3.11
|
|
1979
|
3.08
|
|
1980
|
3.08
|
|
1981
|
3.09
|
|
1982
|
3.08
|
|
1983
|
3.05
|
|
1984
|
3.07
|
|
1985
|
3.09
|
|
1986
|
3.10
|
|
1987
|
3.14
|
|
1988
|
3.14
|
|
1989
|
3.20
|
|
1990
|
3.19
|
|
1991
|
3.21
|
|
1992
|
3.24
|
|
1993
|
3.27
|
|
1994
|
3.30
|
|
1995
|
3.29
|
|
1996
|
3.31
|
|
1997
|
3.32
|
|
1998
|
3.30
|
|
1999
|
3.34
|
|
2000
|
3.33
|
|
2008
|
3.38
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Source:
Internal college documents
Williams Record, Across divisions, average grades continue incremental increase, April 14, 2009